To remove Trump from the Massachusetts primary ballot, we must first understand the reasons behind the liberal group’s challenge. The group Free Speech For People argues that Trump should not appear on the state’s primary or general election ballots due to his alleged role in the January 6th Capitol incident. The challenge was filed on […]
During the ninth episode of “Black News Hour,” The Boston Globe’s Tiana Woodard and Boston.com’s Khari Thompson talked to owners of marijuana businesses and a policy activist ahead of 4/20, an unofficial holiday celebrating cannabis culture. Vanessa Jean-Baptiste, owner of Legal Greens, the first Black woman to open a recreational cannabis store on the East […]
Its criminalization has disproportionately harmed Black Americans, who are nearly four times more likely than white people to be arrested for marijuana-related offenses despite similar usage rates. So in response to what has evidently been bad federal policy, the majority of states, including Massachusetts, have loosened their marijuana laws over the last decade — ranging […]
The NFL Combine in February and schedule release in May are primetime TV events. The league calls it “free agency,” but the actual free agency process has been effectively killed off by the owners. “I think modern contract structures, the rookie wage scales, and lack of minimum cap spending requirements have completely derailed free agency,” […]
Thursday’s 39-0 vote came two years after state senators declined to act on a more limited cannabis bill, reflecting newfound political momentum around tweaking marijuana laws on Beacon Hill. Industry groups have long complained the practice amounts to a shakedown. “Placing host community agreements in the hands of a regulatory agency would hinder the development […]
The game of musical chairs may be heated, because it’s not supposed to be the greatest year for quarterback prospects in the draft. ▪ Tom Brady, Buccaneers: Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski said they believe Brady will be back. The obvious destination is the 49ers, who probably wouldn’t mind delaying the Trey Lance era for […]
“For so long, our model has been alcohol, so there’s been a lot of focus on breath and blood levels,” Dr. Unlike the massive, electricity-hungry MRI scanning machines employed by hospitals, fNIRS is relatively portable; it measures the photon reflections from low-power LED bulbs mounted on a skullcap and shined into the skull. “Essentially, the […]
They may not have the latest safety features, or even an attached bumper, but they’ve got one major thing in their favor: They’re here now. Since March 2020, used cars and truck prices have gone up 43.3 percent, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Consumer Price Index. The owner of a 2016 Toyota Corolla […]
Eighteen states and the District of Columbia have legalized small amounts of marijuana for recreational use by adults, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. …Read the full story
On Nov. Meanwhile, the recreational marijuana industry today employs over 18,000 Massachusetts workers and has generated $2.2 billion in revenue, with municipalities and the state together netting a healthy 20 percent cut of the action . Still, legalization here is falling short of its potential in several ways, according to interviews with dozens of experts. […]
If you weren’t paying attention — and most people outside of the biotech industry weren’t — the Cambridge company’s shares went nowhere after its initial public offering in late 2018. Even after a punishing sell-off last week on concerns that future vaccine sales won’t be as robust as Moderna had indicated, the stock is trading […]
On Saturday, the NTSB was headed back to Boston for yet another Green Line crash, its third investigation on the subway line since 2008 and the safety system it recommended 13 years ago remains a work in progress. “It’s completely inexcusable,” according to Millhouse, for any US rail system to not have safety technology to […]
Police said in a statement that Mingo, 30, turned himself in but they could provide no further information about the investigation, citing “the nature of the charges and age of the victim.” Mingo’s attorney did not immediately return an email seeking comment on Saturday. Tadej Pogacar will head into the final week of the Tour […]
1 hit “Call Me By Your Name,” which ended with the rapper locking lips with a male background dancer, as the crowd roared loudly. “My mom was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago so we didn’t see any of this happening, but God has been so faithful to us and my mom is in […]
Back in the Before Times, when I didn’t know what “comorbidities” were, I routinely saw three or four shows a week. During the 90-minute performance, I stole a couple of glances at the crowd, whose masks gave them — us — a slightly extraterrestrial appearance that made me think of those black-and-white photos of 1950s […]
In Japan and South Korea, players use Mizuno baseballs manufactured with a tacky cover. They weren’t popular, especially with hitters, and teams were hesitant to use them in workouts. “Players here have been using the same baseball for a long, long time,” Sawamura said. As he adapts to a new ball and a new league […]
“There is no better place to film this story than in the beautiful state of Rhode Island,” Sedgwick said in a news release. The state usually provides $20 million a year for the film tax credit program, but last week House Speaker K. McKee said, “It’s great to see a new movie being made in […]
In his third game back after a 39-game absence to a strained right hip, Twins outfielder Byron Buxton was hit on the left hand by a pitch from Cincinnati’s Tyler Mahle on Monday night and broke a bone in his pinkie finger. “He’s beyond upset, and that’s what I would expect from him,” manager Rocco […]
As Boston.com reported in April, the T had quietly pushed the target for the Union Square stop up two months to October, an earlier goal that was reversed with Monday’s action. “Where this job was five years ago, I think we could say nothing of that nature,” Dalton added. “However, the contractor has formally notified […]
We mistakenly sent out an empty test email to a portion of our HBO Max mailing list this evening. Within minutes, professionals across industries chimed in with tweets beginning with “dear intern.” Most users utilized the trend to detail their professional mistakes to sympathize. Dear Intern,An engineering manager once told me, “Experience is what you […]